Dag Hammarskjold

Dag Hammarskjold (29 July 1905-18 September 1961) was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 10 April 1953 to 18 September 1961, succeeding Trygve Lie and preceding U Thant. Hammarskjold won a posthumous Nobel Peace Prize after being killed in a plane crash in Zambia, and John F. Kennedy called him one of the greatest statesmen of the century.

Biography
Dag Hammarskjold was born in Jonkoping, Sweden